MIssion Bay Grand Slam
 

Fished mission Bay last Sunday for what I call a very mixed bag. Multiple spotties, sand bass, two short halibut, a mackerel, a barracuda, some kind of shark that I have never seen before (Sort of a brown color and spiky skin) and this croaker that took me and my bass rod for a ride. Everything bites plastics! https://scontent-lax1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...fe&oe=55FA2110

Rad variety!! Pics of the shark?

Spiny Dogfish?

Unusual or rarely caught sharks in MB could be; If the shark was slim with a big spine in front of each dorsal fin it was a spiny dog fish.big dorsal spines and a blunt squarish head wound be a horned shark. Flat headed with a fat belly and spots would be a swell shark. Shovle nose and angles are obvious. If it was skinny and just basic shark looking most like a brown smooth hound. Fun day all around. Those yellow fin croaker can really pull. Mike

What model Lews reel is that?

How do you like the Cousins rods?

By the description it sounds like it was a spiny dog fish. I did not take a pic as I used long forceps to pluck the hook and never took it out of the water. I lost a nice fish finder to a leopard shark that came loose on me up in Ventura and thrashed about in my yak. Not doing that again.

The reel is a BB1 pro series. The speed spool in no gimmick. That little reel will toss tiny baits a country mile with no backlashes. And with just a flick of the wrist, no power casting needed. They also carved weight off it at every turn up to and including a carbon fiber reel handle. The whole thing weighs nothing. I love it. Silky drag as well.

The Cousins Raze is an RFB734FPT 7'3inc. It says heavy on it, but really it's a medium heavy with a stiffer forend and middle and a slightly flexible tip. Fights well, handled that drag burning shark no problem, but also protects your leader.

The combo of that speed spool and slightly flexible tip makes for a great caster.

I own a Lews BB2 Inshore reel that is very nice and is made for the saltwater.

How is the BB1 pro series in the salt? I thought that was a freshwater reel.

It is great in the salt. I take it apart and clean it bearing to bearing after every use. We'll see how long it lasts.

I emailed Lews and asked them what are the best saltwater baitcasting reels that they sell.

They told me that the BB1/BB2 Inshore series and the Lews Super Duty were the best.

Lews are very popular reels in the southern states and many like the Tournament Pro also.

I would think that since you are cleaning them after every use you shouldn't have a problem and they should last pretty well.